St. John's University Athletics
Postgame Quotes: Xavier 65, St. John's 53
2/25/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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Feb. 25, 2014
Head Coach Steve Lavin
Opening Statement:
"I thought that Xavier played very efficiently on offense tonight. They had point-blank shots at the rim and high-percentage looks from start to finish. We were disappointed with our lack of resistance on the defensive end of the floor at the rim. Offensively, we struggled to find a rhythm and we couldn't get a string of defensive stops."
On the tough week heading into tonight's game:
"It was the most unusual week of my coaching career, but at the end of the day that should not affect our post defense. We were concerned with not having our normal preparation routine as players and teams are creatures of habit. It was a very disjointed week. I'm disappointed with the lack resistance tonight of our interior defense."
Junior Guard Phil Greene IV
On Xavier's play:
"I think the key was defense. They did what they wanted on their side. They had layups and dunks while we had zero fast-break points, and that's where we get a lot of our offense. We didn't get enough stops tonight."
Junior Guard Jamal Branch
On tonight's performance:
"We didn't do a good job of communicating, especially on the backside of screens and they got a lot of their points off that. They shot 56 percent in the first half and that is not us and not acceptable."
